Day 2 ... it continues

I woke up this morning and couldn't wait to give... it's funny really - the excitement that has built around this.
A little about my life --- I know we all have stories ---
here is a brief synopsis of mine...
full time, single mom (baby's daddy walked out when my little angel was 21 days old, he has since come back only to make our lives more miserable than good), full time job, heart issues, part-time job to supplement bills on the side and also to have a little artistic flair (which I enjoy, actually), daughter, now 5, more energy than all of us put together, tumor on her pituitary gland found 6 months ago - thankfully benign - but still has to have treatment every 28 days. Just now asking questions about her health etc...

So, simple... life is not...

Good... certainly.

I am employed, I have a loving, beautiful, joyful daughter who has a spirit like no other...
We play a game each night at dinner called Worst/Best. What was the worst part of your day, what was the best part of your day. It has become a tradition for just us and it is quite fun. Last night I explained this "challenge" to her during my best part.

This morning when she awoke, my 5 year old angel asked - what are we giving today. Not what are you giving today - what are we giving today. With tears in my eyes... I asked if she had ideas...
She said that she was especially wanting to thank her teacher for being so great and wanted to know if we could give her something. Of course she said this 7 minutes before we had to walk out the door for the bus...

I quickly wrote some words for her to copy "I am thankful for you, Mrs Reid" and she did it while I put together a couple baubles from my collection and we stuck them in her backpack and with the biggest grins, walked hand-in-hand to the bus stop...

I wonder what we will give tomorrow...